MJPC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to working to add a voice in the promotion of justice and peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in particular in the East where thousands of innocent civilians, including children and women continue to be victims of massive human rights violations while the armed groups responsible for these crimes remain unpunished.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

DR Congo gorilla numbers up 12.5%BBC News, UK - 23 hours agoBy Mark Kinver The population of mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park has risen by 12.5%, a census shows. ...DRC: Gorilla population soars despite war AfricaNewsMountain gorilla numbers up despite Congo conflict Earthtimes (press release)Mountain gorilla population in DR Congo increases 12.5% Mongabay.comFrance24 - Global Voices Onlineall 185 news articles »
New Zealand Herald
Rwanda puts down Nkunda dissentBBC News, UK - 17 hours agoDR Congo has allowed at least 6000 Rwandan soldiers into its eastern region to help Congolese soldiers disarm the Hutu militia. Rwanda, which hosts more ...Conflict Risk Alert: DR Congo International Crisis GroupUN supports exploratory home return of Rwandan ex-fighters from DR ... UN News CentreProtestors in Rwanda Call for Release of Gen. Laurent Nkunda ... TransWorldNews (press release)AFP - Middle East Timesall 346 news articles »
BBC News
Lord's Resistance Army number two plans to turn himself inAFP - 11 hours agoUgandan forces entered DR Congo on December 14 in a joint operation with DR Congo and South Sudan to flush out the LRA, after Kony repeatedly balked at ...
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Video: DR Congo civilians caught in fighting - 25 Jan 90 AlJazeeraEnglish
Uganda: Should have right to invade neighbour DR Congo KongoTimesUN rights chief decries ‘grotesque’ abuses by Ugandan rebels in DR ... UN News CentreReliefWeb (press release) - BBC Newsall 115 news articles »
WELT ONLINE
DR Congo: Warlord Lubanga's trial live on Congolese TVLe Mali en ligne, Mali - 21 hours ago... the government for enabling the public to follow the trial to discourage other warlords who keep spreading insecurity and death in DR Congo. ...
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Video: Lubanga trial to test war crimes court - 26 Jan 09 AlJazeeraEnglish
Former DR Congo Warlord Pleads Not Guilty At ICC Trail RTT NewsCongo war crimes trial 'unfair' BBC NewsAFP - BBC Newsall 874 news articles »
UNICEF calls for end to LRA abductions in DR CongoXinhua, China - 18 hours agoUNICEF's representative in DR Congo Pierrette Vu Thi who just returned from a mission to Dungu in the Haut-Uele District called on actors to do everything ...
AFP
Hutu group fears being targeted in Rwanda-Congo offensiveAFP - 1 hour agoKASIKI, DR Congo (AFP) — After waiting months here to return to their native Rwanda, Hutu militia dissidents -- who claim to have renounced violence -- fear ...
DR Congo: India donates equipment to DR CongoLe Mali en ligne, Mali - 59 minutes agoIndia has donated tele-teaching and telemedicine equipment to the Democratic Republic of Congo to help researchers, doctors and students. ...
DR Congo: Malteser International prepares to extend its relief ...Reuters AlertNet, UK - 18 hours agoMalteser International currently prepares to extend its relief measures fort he civilians in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo. ...
AFP
Red Cross warns DR Congo combatants to spare civiliansAFP - Jan 26, 2009GENEVA (AFP) — The international Red Cross on Monday warned all sides involved in fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo that they are legally ...ICRC calls for respect for civilians in DR Congo's North Kivu XinhuaICRC calls for human rights in DR Congo Middle East Timesall 12 news articles »
WELT ONLINE
Dr Congo warlord Laurent Nkunda seized by Rwandan armyTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Jan 23, 2009A rebel leader who inflicted misery on the Democratic Republic of Congo, forcing hundreds of thousands to flee their homes, has been arrested after losing ...
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Video: Rwandan Troops Arrest Congo's Top Rebel AssociatedPress
UN special envoy: Nkunda's arrest not to affect mediation in DR Congo XinhuaDR Congo requests extradition of Nkunda from Rwanda AFPBBC News - Worldfocusall 1,978 news articles »